Three-dimensional parking facility

Abstract

A three-dimensional parking facility which includes an upper parking portion and a lower parking portion. The three-dimensional parking facility further includes a device for swinging the upper parking portion and the lower parking portion. The swinging device is supported by a member running along a horizontal axis on a solid foundation.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A three-dimensional parking facility, comprising: an upper parking member and lower parking member respectively coupled to opposing ends of an upstanding member so as to form a substantially C-shaped member extending from a front portion of said upper parking member through said upstanding member and a front portion of said lower parking member, a vehicle entering or exiting to or from at least one of said front portions of said upper and lower parking members;   means for swinging said upper parking member and said lower parking member, said C-shaped member being pivoted on a first horizontal axis on a solid foundation, said upper parking member having a front portion and a rear portion which are separated by a second horizontal axis; and   means, operably coupled to said solid foundation, for swinging said front portion of said upper parking member, wherein the first horizontal axis is at a lower end of the upstanding member, and is substantially at ground level, and wherein the foundation has a portion that is downwardly sloped toward an open end of the C-shaped member and the downwardly sloped portion of the foundation originates from substantially ground level proximate the first horizontal axis.   
     
     
       2. A three-dimensional parking facility, comprising: an upper parking member and a lower parking member respectively coupled to opposing ends of an upstanding member so as to form a substantially C-shaped member extending from a front portion of said upper parking member through said upstanding member and a front portion of said lower parking member, a vehicle entering or exiting to or from at least one of said front portions of said upper and lower parking members, said C-shaped member being pivoted on a first horizontal axis on a solid foundation, said upper parking member having a front portion and a rear portion which are separated by a second horizontal axis;   means, operably coupled to said solid foundation, for swinging said front portion of said upper parking member; and   a joint means, operably coupled to said front portions of said upper and lower parking members, for swinging said lower parking member in accordance with the swinging of said front portion of said upper parking member, wherein the first horizontal axis is at a lower end of the upstanding member, and is substantially at ground level, and wherein the foundation has a portion that is downwardly sloped toward an open end of the C-shaped member and the downwardly sloped portion of the foundation originates from substantially ground level proximate the first horizontal axis.   
     
     
       3. A three-dimensional parking facility, comprising: an upper parking member and a lower parking member respectively coupled to opposing ends of an upstanding member so as to form a substantially C-shaped member extending from a front portion of said upper parking member through said upstanding member and a front portion of said lower parking member, a vehicle entering or exiting to or from at least one of said front portions of said upper and lower parking members;   means for swinging said upper parking member and said lower parking member, said C-shaped member being pivoted on a first horizontal axis on a solid foundation, said upper parking member having a front portion and a rear portion which are separated at a second horizontal axis above a windshield of an automobile to be parked on said lower parking member; and   means, operably coupled to said solid foundation, for swinging said front portion of said upper parking member, wherein the first horizontal axis is at a lower end of the upstanding member, and is substantially at ground level, and wherein the foundation has a portion that is downwardly sloped toward an open end of the C-shaped member and the downwardly sloped portion of the foundation originates from substantially ground level proximate the first horizontal axis.   
     
     
       4. A three-dimensional parking facility, comprising: an upper parking member and a lower parking member respectively coupled to opposing ends of an upstanding member so as to form a substantially C-shaped member extending from a front portion of said upper parking member through said upstanding member and a front portion of said lower parking member, a vehicle entering or exiting to or from at least one of said front portions of said upper and lower parking members, said C-shaped member being pivoted on a first horizontal axis on a solid foundation, said upper parking member having a front portion and a rear portion which are separated at a second horizontal axis above a windshield of an automobile to be parked on said lower parking member;   means, operably coupled to said solid foundation, for swinging said front portion of said upper parking member; and   a joint means, operably coupled to said front portions of said upper and lower parking members, for swinging said lower parking member in accordance with the swinging of said front portion of said upper parking member, wherein the first horizontal axis is at a lower end of the upstanding member, and is substantially at ground level, and wherein the foundation has a portion that is downwardly sloped toward an open end of the C-shaped member and the downwardly sloped portion of the foundation originates from substantially ground level proximate the first horizontal axis.   
     
     
       5. A three-dimensional parking facility, comprising: an upper parking member and a lower parking member respectively coupled to opposing ends of an upstanding member so as to form a substantially C-shaped member extending from a front portion of said upper parking member through said upstanding member and a front portion of said lower parking member, a vehicle entering or exiting to or from at least one of said front portions of said upper and lower parking members;   means for swinging said upper parking member and said lower parking member, said C-shaped member being pivoted on a first horizontal axis on a solid foundation, said upper parking member having a front portion and a rear portion which are separated at a second horizontal axis above a windshield of an automobile to be parked on said lower parking member;   means, operably coupled to said solid foundation, for swinging said front portion of said upper parking member between a substantially horizontal position and a sloping-forward position relative to said rear portion;   a movable member, rotatably mounted onto said front portion of said upper parking member, which freely swings around a third horizontal axis at a top portion of said front portion; and   means for swinging said movable member between a substantially vertical position and a forward-sloping position relatively to said rear portion, wherein the first horizontal axis is at a lower end of the upstanding member, and is substantially at ground level, and wherein the foundation has a portion that is downwardly sloped toward an open end of the C-shaped member and the downwardly sloped portion of the foundation originates from substantially ground level proximate the first horizontal axis.   
     
     
       6. A three-dimensional parking facility, comprising: an upper parking member and a lower parking member respectively coupled to opposing ends of an upstanding member so as to form a substantially C-shaped member extending from a front portion of said upper parking member through said upstanding member and a front portion of said lower parking member, a vehicle entering or exiting to or from at least one of said front portions of said upper and lower parking members, said C-shaped member being pivoted on a first horizontal axis on a solid foundation, said upper parking member having a front portion and a rear portion which are separated at a second horizontal axis above a windshield of an automobile to be parked on said lower parking member;   means, operably coupled to said solid foundation, for swinging said front portion of said upper parking member between a substantially horizontal position and a sloping-forward position relative to said rear portion;   a movable member, rotatably mounted onto said front portion of said upper parking member, which freely swings around a third horizontal axis at a top portion of said front portion;   a joint means, operably coupled to said front portions of said upper and lower parking members, for swinging said lower parking member in accordance with the swinging of said front portion of said upper parking member; and   another joint means for swinging said movable member from a substantially vertical position to a forward-sloping position in accordance with the swinging of said front portion of said upper parking member, said another joint means swinging said movable member relative to said front portion, wherein the first horizontal axis is at a lower end of the upstanding member, and is substantially at ground level, and wherein the foundation has a portion that is downwardly sloped toward an open end of the C-shaped member and the downwardly sloped portion of the foundation originates from substantially ground level proximate the first horizontal axis.   
     
     
       7. The three-dimensional parking facility as set forth in one of claims 1-6, wherein said upper parking member includes vehicle blocking members. 
     
     
       8. The three-dimensional parking facility as set forth in one of claims 1-6, wherein said upper parking member includes removable vehicle blocking members. 
     
     
       9. The three-dimensional parking facility as set forth in one of claims 1-6, wherein the upper parking member and the lower parking member are substantially parallel and fixed relative to each other, and are joined at ends thereof by the substantially upstanding member. 
     
     
       10. The three-dimensional parking facility as set forth in one of claims 1-6, wherein the front portion of the upper parking member is pivotable at a location beyond a fixed brace means, and wherein the swinging means is connected between the foundation and the front portion of the upper parking member.